On January 17, 2026, Patrick Witt, Director of the White House Crypto Council, confirmed that the U.S. government is still working to build a strategic Bitcoin reserve funded only by judicially seized assets. The initiative, constrained by President Trump's executive order and complex inter-agency legal requirements, excludes open-market purchases while retained Bitcoins from Samourai Wallet developers and ongoing market shifts in Bitcoin are monitored for potential policy impact.

Analyst Tyrex warns that Bitcoin's structure resembles April 2022 and, if the uptrend fails, projects an 11.04% slide toward $86,000–$84,000 while price hovers near $95,000. Separately, CryptoXLarge maps January–May 2026: quiet accumulation, a February surge, a March ATH around $240,000, an April bull trap, and a May flash crash.

On January 17, 2026, on-chain observers reported Bitcoin bots aggressively sweeping a wallet whose private key was derived from the coinbase txid of block 924,982. The address received two small BTC deposits totaling 0.00020305 BTC, which were rapidly spent through competing replace-by-fee transactions, leaving no remaining balance and directing nearly all funds to fees. The case highlights how bots precompute addresses from predictable keys and instantly drain any BTC sent to them, exposing the risks of weak or publicly known private key schemes.

On 17 January 2026, Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich argued that Bitcoin is largely absent from corporate balance sheets because it rarely reaches board-level discussion. He said it conflicts with standard treasury assumptions on volatility, return predictability, and accounting, and that only a few firms accept perception risk and long-term skepticism to adopt it.

On 17 January 2026, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded more than $1.4 billion in net inflows over the preceding week, pointing to renewed interest from large investors. Ethereum ETFs also saw positive, though smaller, allocations as institutions cautiously rebuilt exposure. Analysts highlight that reduced selling by major Bitcoin holders, combined with ETF demand, is tightening available supply even as volatility persists.

Bitcoin is holding the $94,630 H4 support while resistance at $98,200 and $107,500 stays in focus. According to Kamile Uray, BTC remains above $89,326, with bullish continuation possible; Lennaert Snyder expects weekend liquidity to keep price range-bound, watching for a break above $95,820 toward the $97,960 monthly high.

US President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland tied to a proposed purchase of Greenland, with rates starting at 10% on February 1, 2026 and rising to 25% on June 1 if no deal is reached. Analysts estimate $1.2 trillion in annual trade could be affected and suggest a Greenland acquisition might cost about $700 billion. Bitcoin, which previously fell from $110,000 to below $75,000 after an earlier tariff wave, is currently trading just above $95,000 with minimal price movement.

Strategy chairman Michael Saylor argued on a podcast that corporate Bitcoin purchases are cash allocation choices, not moral missteps. Public disclosures indicate listed companies hold about 1.1 million BTC, with Strategy at 687,410 BTC. Bitcoin traded near $95,250 at the time of writing, within an intraday range of roughly $94,320 to $95,660.